• Population........................................................................4,455,421 (July 2005 est.)
• Population growth rate ..............................................................0.22% (2005 est.)
• Birth rate....................................................15.27 births/1,000 population (2005 est.)
• Death rate..................................................12.79 deaths/1,000 population (2005 est.)
• Net migration rate.................................-0.25 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2005 est.)
• Ethnic groups*......... Moldovan/Romanian 64.5%, Ukrainian 13.8%, Russian 13%, Jewish 1.5%, Bulgarian 2%, Gagauz and other 5.2% (1989 est.)

* Note: internal disputes with ethnic Slavs in the Transnistrian region.